Lush Godiva Bar Product Review: Step Away from the Bottle

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Trying to avoid liquids or traveling for a long time? Solid toiletries are everything and Lush’s solid shampoo bars are a traveler favorite. Find out why!

Lush Godiva Bar Review

Dry Shampoo options are super popular with travelers everywhere but today’s Travel Fashion Girl, Trish from Eternal Wandering shares her experience with the Godiva Solid Lush Shampoos and shows you how to use it.

When you pack bottles of shampoo and conditioner there is a lot to consider. Am I going to go through airport security? It’s this larger than 3 ounces? Do I have a plastic bag to wrap the bottles with in case they leak? Bottles of shampoo and condition are heavy. When you pack for an around the world trip you look for ways to reduce the weight on your back via any method possible.

Enter stage left…Lush solid shampoo and conditioner bars. Each one lasts 50 washes and is the size of a bar of soap. (I’m sold!) You work them between your hands a produce a frothy lather that leaves your hair clean and smelling incredible. There are a variety of scents. Some are just shampoo but there is also the shampoo/conditioner combo.

The bars are super simple to throw in your purse or toiletry tote. You should get a shampoo tin tin to store them in which helps keep them in the best shape between showers.

There is a trick with the tins. You need to make sure the bar is totally dry before you put it in the tin or it will get slimy. I set the bar on the counter after my shower and give it an hour or two before popping it in the tin. Easy peasy.

The Godiva bar (named for the naked tax protestor Lady Godiva) is my favorite of all the products Lush offers. It’s my favorite for two reasons.

First, this one bar combines shampoo and conditioner. That means one less item to pack and carry on my back. This also allows for shorter showers, which is key in many places where you don’t have an abundance of warm water. You can also use this product as a body wash to clean and shave. The convenience factor for this one item makes it my quick shower solution.

I was skeptical of this product because I have extremely thick hair and usually use a ton of conditioner. I was delighted that my hair came out clean, soft and manageable.

Featured Ingredient: Shea Butter

The second reason Godiva is my favorite is the scent. It’s a mix of shea butter, nut oils and jasmine. The smell has some serious staying power which we all could use when we’re traveling.

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Lush sells the Godiva Bar for $10.95. To learn more about this and other LUSH products, check out Lush Shampoos. Thanks Trish! Great review! You’ve officially sold me on the bars – 50 washes? That’s perfect.

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18 Comments

Cathi P
on January 26, 2017 at 4:21 am

Just to clarify–“airlines” do not require the liquids to be in “3 oz” containers. The TSA rule is that liquids, creams and gels be in a container no more than 3.4 oz. This is a government rule, not made by the airlines themselves.

Also as a frequent traveler who works in the industry I suggest not using any rigid plastic type bottles to downsize your products. The “squishy” silicone refillable botles are easier to get product out of and to maneuver into what in my case is a stuffed ziplock bag.

so i used the lush shampoo bar and jungle solid conditioner on a trip to southeast asia. I liked it, though it may not be the best option for tropical climates: the conditioner bar tends to melt.
One trick i found out way to late: instead of having to wait until the product is totally dry (which i never got around to, what with shared bathrooms etc) – i put a piece of thin rope in the tin box, and put the shampoo bar on top. this way it can easily be removed, even though put in wet. it won’t stick to the bottom as much and you can pull the rope up to take it out. just try it out next time!

I’ve been thinking of trying this bar. I discovered the bar shampoos in their last mailer that I received and knew I had to start trying these since I’m trying to prep myself for a month-long trip to Europe in May and have challenging hair. So far I’ve tried Seanik (loved the scent but didn’t work for me, personally, started to develop pretty bad dandruff–boo) and Jumping Juniper (better, but seems not enough moisture even with a good conditioner…but that could just be the dry weather lately). Going to try a couple more I think, including this one. I love LUSH products in general so I hope one works!

Great post! I used this exact bar when I went on my first trip abroad to Copenhagen. I also found that it got my hair greasy after a couple washes. One think that helped me was to use baby powder as a dry shampoo in between washes. It can be a little tricky for darker hair but it revived my hair after washes where the bar left my hair on the greasy side. Also i found baby powder to be sooo useful on my trip during the summer!

Me and my best friend went this route for our Europe trip and we ditched the bars after 1 week. Our hair was just not looking good. The Godiva smelt heavenly but I agree with Melissa made my hair greasy.

I brought the Lady Godiva bar on my first trip to Australia back in 2010. I started out loving it… but after a month my hair was just DYING for a deep condition. I had to beg a fellow traveler to borrow her conditioner. I also found that after a few weeks I found my hair started to feel and look very greasy very quickly. It never felt completely clean. I ended up ditching the shampoo bar and opting for regular shampoo and conditioner after about 2 months.